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Twisted (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 130

Fresh: 2

Rotten:128

Average Rating: 2.9/10

Consensus: Don't expect any mysteries or thrills in this poorly written thriller.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence, language and sexuality

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Feb 27, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $25,047,335

Synopsis: Against the moody, fog-laden backdrop of the San Francisco waterfront, police detective Jessica Shephard (Ashley Judd) becomes embroiled in a darkly personal hunt for a serial killer in this... Against the moody, fog-laden backdrop of the San Francisco waterfront, police detective Jessica Shephard (Ashley Judd) becomes embroiled in a darkly personal hunt for a serial killer in this Hitchcockian psychological thriller directed by Philip Kaufman (THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING, QUILLS). Jessica, a San Francisco street cop, has been appointed detective by Police Commissioner John Mills (Samuel L. Jackson), her surrogate father and mentor. Together with her new partner Mike Delmarco (Andy Garcia), she goes after her first assignment, a murder, and is ready for anything until she realizes that the corpse is a man she once slept with. What seems like a bizarre coincidence becomes all too suspicious when the next murder victim is also an acquaintance of the police detective--who is also a blackout drinker with an appetite for anonymous, rough sex. Nightly she returns home, drinks a glass of red wine, and awakens to the news of another victim. Haunted by her own family tragedy (her father went on an insane killing spree and killed her own mother and himself), Jessica begins to doubt her own sanity and suspect herself to be the killer. [More]

Starring: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn

Starring: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn, Russell Wong, Mark Pellegrino, Camryn Manheim, D.W. Moffett

Director: Philip Kaufman

Director: Philip Kaufman
Screenwriter: Sarah Thorp
Producer: Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Barry Baeres, Linne Radmin
Composer: Mark Isham
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Mar 10, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • Region [unknown]
  • NTSC
  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • Dolby Digital Surround - English, French

Additional Release Material:

Featurette:

  • 2. The Inspectors: Clues to the Crime
  • 3. San Francisco: Scene of the Crime

Additional Scenes:

  • 1. Cutting Room Floor with Commentary
  • 2. Mike Plays Piano - extended
  • 3. Mike Talks About The Thumbtacks - extended
  • 4. Extended Blackout #1
  • 5. Extended Boat Ride
  • 6. Zinfandel On The Roof - extended
  • 7. Mike Talks About Castanets - extended
  • 8. Extended Blackout #2
  • 9. Condom Scene - extended
  • 10. Jess Blows Up And Is Comforted By Mills - deleted
  • 11. Extended Chase Scene

Audio Commentary:

  • 1. Philip Kaufman - Director
 
 
 
 

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At least the performances are solid.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
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Urban Cinefile

Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia and David Strathairn all are wasted.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

This thriller seems most interested in lingering over battered and bloodied male faces.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/05/07
Chicago Reader
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Overcooked dialogue, some wildly implausible story devices, and a dearth of remotely likable characters, and Twisted is a crime story that just doesn't pay.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
11/02/06
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today

Twisted is so bad I'm embarrassed to have seen it and therefore am a bit ashamed to write even an unkind review.

Full Review Source: Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) | comment Comment
07/02/06
Gina Carbone
Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine)

Sarah Thorpe’s screenplay is a compendium of by-the-book clichés; Kaufman’s direction leaves the material stranded in a limbo between po-faced and trashy; Judd’s approximation of drunkenness is worrying to behold.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out
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Just like nearly all of Judd's past entries in the genre, this film isn't great, it's just average.

Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony | comment Comment
06/26/05
Bill Clark
FromTheBalcony

The plot turns are increasingly preposterous, as are the metaphors.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
11/19/04
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

Judd, Jackson and Garcia's work is pedestrian at best. But they did accept this script.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Kansan | comment Comment
10/14/04
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

I didn’t go to sleep and only looked at my watch a couple of times, so I guess it wasn’t terrible.

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
10/07/04
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

Remember kids, alcohol is bad, mmm-kay?

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
07/10/04
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

The movie may dole out a few guilty pleasures, but you won’t believe a word of it.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
07/09/04
Anna Smith
Empire Magazine

Una de esas película que sin el cast que tiene pasaría sin pena ni gloria al olvido.

Full Review Source: Cinenganos | comment Comment
06/15/04
Alex Ramirez
Cinenganos

Sou contra a pena de morte, mas teria o maior prazer em ajudar a prender a protagonista deste filme na cadeira elétrica e dar o comando 'Roll on two!'.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
06/11/04
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

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Full Review Source: Sunday Times (Australia) | comment Comment
05/24/04
Sunday Times (Australia)
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Twisted dies at almost the very moment it begins.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
04/24/04
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

It is sad to see an actress as talented as Ashley Judd repeatedly appearing in these women-in-distress movies.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
03/27/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

"Twisted" is a train wreck, with Ashley Judd stuck in the caboose.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
03/25/04
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

A horrible waste of talent, time and money and has the potential to be one of the worst films 2004 has to offer.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
03/24/04
Peter Lowry
Film Threat

You've seen better mysteries on Murder She Wrote, you'll hear better dialogue in an Ed Wood flick, and you'll experience better sex scenes on a hot day at your local zoo.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
03/18/04
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
 
 
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